Meaning of mylonite | Babel Free

Definitions

Any rock that has undergone modifications due to dynamic recrystallization following plastic flow; a schist created by crushed or ground rock.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Towards the end of the nineteenth century the crush rock known as mylonite had been recognised, a rocky paste that was ground when one mighty rock mass was pushed bodily – or thrust – over another.”

CEFR level